Posts tagged with "Steve Austin"

Before the united era of WWE, there wasn’t just one major wrestling company in America. WWE’s biggest rival through the ages was a company that had its roots in the NWA, but soon became a company of its own; WCW. Like any wrestling company, WCW needed a top face for its company, and this DVD/Blu-ray looks at the wrestler many feel was the company man for WCW, a man that has still not wrestled under the Vince McMahon banner… The...

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
The words that have been filling arenas and stadiums around the world since before Summerslam last year. The words of hope. The words of the everyman rising up against the boss and crawling and scratching his way to the top. The words of Daniel Bryan, taken into the hearts of wrestling fans worldwide, finally reaching the pinnacle of sports entertainment – Wrestlemania. WWE Home Video UK brings us Wrestlemania 30...

While it’s easy to think of Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock and John Cena as the biggest names to ever grace a wrestling ring, when it comes to actual in-ring performance there’s always another name thrown into the mix – Shawn Michaels. He may not have crossed over into the mainstream as an action star, he never had the bodybuilder type look or anything like that, but you always knew that once that bell rang he would put on a...

WWE have finally confirmed what has been rumoured for a long time now – that the WWE Network will launch as an on-demand streaming service starting February 24th in the US, and rolling out to the United Kingdom and other countries towards the end of this year/beginning of 2015.
The historic announcement took place at CES and featured Vince McMahon, joined by superstars John Cena, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin and of course Triple H....

With the Road to Wrestlemania XXX right around the corner, there’s no better time to look back at the first fifty years of Vince McMahon’s behemoth. It’s safe to say that it would be easy to release a fifty disc set of WWE and barely scratch the surface, so to release a three disc set is challenging to say the least. From numerous weekly TV shows to monthly PPVs and nightly live events around the world, WWE is a non stop company...

When wrestling fans discuss the all-time greats in history, those who changed the industry and carried it through the eras, there are many names that often crop up without arguments – The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and the like. Yet there are other names that changed and dominated the industry at points in time and get neglected in conversation. Bill Goldberg is one of these. While Stone Cold was opening a can of whoop...

As a fan of WWF/WWE for more years than I care to remember (my first memory is of a Wrestlemania IV VHS!), The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History is a fascinating overview of the best feuds from times gone by. Not only is it a trip down memory lane but it also serves as a great introduction to wrestlers of the past for those newer fans out there. There are many who only know Hulk Hogan by reputation alone or the Verne Gagnes and Nick Bockwinkels...

Whether you know him as Mrs Foley’s Baby Boy, Jack Foley, Cactus Jack, Dude Love, The King Of The Death Match, Mankind, The Hardcore Legend, A New York Times Best Selling Author or just plain old Mick Foley, there is no doubt that he is a multitalented sports entertainer. So with a long overdue induction into the WWE Hall Of Fame recently achieved, it is no wonder that the WWE would want to celebrate him with a special three disc DVD set that...

The WWE video game franchise has long been a regular staple of the winter release schedule, with fans clambering each November to get a chance to play with their favourite WWE Superstars and prove that they too could be a WWE Champion. In the past several years THQ and Yukes have brought us the continuing saga of everybody’s favourite sports entertainment superstars in the form of the Smackdown Vs Raw series. The biggest problem with this was that...

With the final quarter of the year almost upon us, games companies are starting to churn out as much PR and information about their forthcoming titles in the hope that gamers will spend their hard earned money on their products. One such company is THQ, who as we have been covering here on MCM Buzz, are due to release the newest iteration in their ongoing WWE franchise, WWE ’12, this November.
The last few days have seen them announce everything...